# լոկ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /lok/, [lok]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /loɡ/, [loɡ]

### Etymology 1

From Old Armenian լոկ (lok).

#### Adverb

լոկ • (lok)
* only, just, mere
    լոկ խոստումներ ― lok xostumner ― mere promises

#### Adjective

լոկ • (lok)
* only, sole
* regular, simple
* (dialectal, Van) bare, naked
* (dialectal) innutritious; lean

##### Declension
#### Noun

լոկ • (lok)
* (dialectal, Van) the innutritious layer of water on the surface of tan

##### Declension
#### References

* Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “լոկ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
* “լոկ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 291

### Etymology 2

According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, feeble; loose”), whence also լոկ (lok). He compares various animal names derived from that root, such as Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”, literally “drooping ears”), Old Norse laki (“burbot”).

#### Noun

լոկ • (lok)
* (dialectal, Karabakh) Synonym of լորտու (lortu)

##### Declension
#### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “լոկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 432a
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 39–40
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լոկ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 240b

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* լուկ (luk)

### Etymology

Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open.
According to J̌ahukyan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *logo-, from the root *(s)lēg- (“to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd”). For this root see Pokorny, who does not mention the Armenian. Cognate with Ancient Greek λήγω (lḗgō, “to stay from, to abate”), λαγάσσαι (lagássai, “to let go”), Latin laxus, langueō, Middle Low German lak (“loose”), etc. Furthermore, J̌ahukyan derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root by varying sense development paths and from various ablaut grades the following: լկնիմ (lknim), լկտի (lkti), dialectal լկռտվել (lkṙtvel), լկստվել (lkstvel), լակ (lak, “spoiled”), լակռթվել (lakṙtʻvel), լոկ (lok, “grass snake”). Finally, he notes that a derivation from some Iranian cognate of Shughni лоқ (lōq, “thin, lean”) is unlikely.

### Adjective

լոկ • (lok)
* sole, alone, only
    լոկ ի լոկոյ ― lok i lokoy ― only, simply
    բանիւ լոկով ― baniw lokov ― with the word alone
* simple; regular
    լոկ օր ― lok ōr ― work-day
* empty, desert; deprived of
    լոկ մնալ ի մարդկանէ ― lok mnal i mardkanē ― to be, or to remain unpeopled
    լոկ եւ մերկ ի սփոփութենէ ― lok ew merk i spʻopʻutʻenē ― disconsolate, very sad

#### Declension

an i-a-type instrumental plural լոկօք (lokōkʻ) = լոկաւք (lokawkʻ) is also attested

### Adverb

լոկ • (lok)
* only, simply

#### Derived terms

* լոկաբար (lokabar)
* լոկաւոր (lokawor)
* լոկիմ (lokim)
* լոկութիւն (lokutʻiwn)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: լոկ (lok)
* Middle Armenian: լուկ (luk), լուք (lukʻ), լօք (lōkʻ)
* Romani: loko

### References

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լոկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 260b
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “լոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 891–892
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 291–292
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “959”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 959 of 959, 960
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 39–40
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “լոկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 300a